6. The Himalayan-lowland interactive system: do land-use changes in the mountains affect the plains?

7. The human dimension: what are the facts?

8. Two approaches to the population pressure/land productivity decline problem in the Himalaya

9. Crisis, pseudo-crisis' or supercrisis?

10. Research strategy for the Himalayan region

Postscript

References

Postscript

The devastating Bangladesh floods of August-September, 1988 have been widely
reported in the western news media as the result of deforestation in the
Himalaya. This reporting has included further indications that extensive
barrages and high dams are the likely future technological 'fix'. This once
again underscores one of the central themes of this book-the dangers of
expending vast sums of money on solving perceived problems based upon unproven
assumptions.